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The US auto industry is in big trouble. China now makes 75 percent of all electric vehicles sold anywhere on earth. US automakers make around 5 percent. (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

People would vote for a government that gave them cheap electric cars. This has nothing to do with needing to win elections, it has to do with pleasing daddy US and daddy doesn't want the world to stop using oil. Europe is a US neocolony.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Huh? You'd need to raise taxes pretty hard to be able to supply the entire world with cheap EVs. Most countries don't have that kind of tax base.